Fastening device



J. H. POLLARD. FASTENING DEVICE APPLICATION FILED NOV-12.1919.

1,366,212. Patented Jan. 18, 1921.

WITNESSES //V l/E N TOR .4; ATTURNEVS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN n. POLLAIRD, or new roux, N. Y.

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ough of Bronx, State of New-York, have invented a new and useful Fastening Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a fastening device and finds expression in a convenient means for fastening the ends of ropes, cords,

cables, chains and the like, such for instance where it is desirable to fasten the end or ends of a rope'or thelike, in a manner wherein it may be readily detached without the inconvenience of untying the knot.

One feature of the invention resides in the application of the salient features of Figure 1 1s a piein view of the deviceshowing the preferred manner of fastening the end of a rope with the device.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view.

'Fig. 3 is a front view of the device.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the device showing one form of securing the same to a supporting structure by mounting the same to the structure.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the device showing a modified embodiment of the rope recelving opening.

Fig. 6 is another modification of the means for mounting the device to a supporting structure with the rope receiving open in made in accordance with Fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a modification showing the rope receiving opening made in accordance with Fig. 5 with the suspending means shown in Fi 6. Y

ig. 8 represents a relatively long double ended device with more than one rope receiving opening, and

Fig. 9 is still another modification showing a threaded shank whereby the same may be screwed to a supportlng structure.

Referring to the drawings in detail as illustrated in Fig. 1, the device represents a relatively fiat oblong body 1, having an opening 2 near one end thereof whereby the vice, so that the thickness Specification of Letters'Patent. Pate t d J 1 1921 Application filed November 12, 1919. Serial No. 337,413.

device may be suspended from a hook or any other convenient means, Located interrnediate the ends of the device is the rope receivlng opening 3 through which one end of the rope is passed and brought over the face ofthe device transversely thereof with the opposlte end of the rope overlying the transverse end and passed under a hook 4 which forms an integral part of the body of the device which is turned at an angle thereto wlth the part which overlies the rope In a plane above the top surface of the deof the rope may be accommodated in the hook; the arrangement being such that the hook will produce a biting effect when the rope is malntained tied so that the free end of the. rope or transverse end, will be maintained tightly beneath the opposite end which is passed the rope from the device all that is necessary is to remove the end from under the hook 4 which will automatically release the transversely presented end whereupon it may be drawn through the opening 3. In Fig. 4; instead of using the opening 2 for suspend ing the device suitable screw openings such as 2 may be used. In Fig. 5 instead of using the opening such as illustrated at 3, the side of the device may be recessed as at 3 to leave an unobstructed opening from the side of the device to the opening 3 thus doing away with the necessity of threading the end of the rope in the opening so that the same may he slipped into the opening 3 throu h the slotted communication 3 In ig. 6 instead of employing the opening 2 or screw opening 2* a hook 2 may be used for suspending the device. In Fig. 7 as illustrated, the hook 2 is used in connection with the opening 3 and a slotted side 3.

In Fig. 8 is a double device with hooks 1 on both ends of the device and with a pair In Fig. 9 instead of using the opening 2 or the screw openings 2 or the hook 2 a threaded shank or screw 2 may be used as a means for mounting the device to a supporting structure.

Throughout the specification and claims where the term rope is used it is to be understood as including any similar contrivance. Furthermore where the word opening" is used in connection with that part of the device represented as 3, and 3 it is of course to be interpreted as including a slotted opening as shown in Figs. 5 and 7 as well as that form of opening shown in the other figures.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows A fastening device, includim a body portion presenting a pair of parallel faces and formed with an opening intermediate its extremlties, a hook formed adjacent one of the ends of said body portion and extending beyond and above one of the faces of the same, andterminating at a point below the face mentioned, whereby said hook nearly enclrcles a rope leading from said opening through said hook, and said hook and plate cooperate to prevent lateral movement of the rope in any direction.

JOHN H. POLLARD. 

